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Lower Hedgehope School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0239
Dates: Majority of material found within 1901 - 1934

McDONALD, Ruth Lillian interviewed by Ailsa Dawson

 Record Group — Box: 44
Identifier: H0450
Overview Ruth McDonald was born in Hawera in 1911. In this interview, Ruth gives details of her father's family, the Dews. She recalls schooling at Ruawai, moving as a result of her father's occupation as cheese factory manager and living at Kakapuku (near Te Awamutu). She married William McDonald in 1930 and drove from the King Country to Southland to live. She lived at Wrights Bush cheese factory and then at Lochiel, managing the Northope dairy factory. She describes the closing of these factories...
Dates: 1998

McDOWELL, John Stuart (Boggy) interviewed by Nancy Burnett

 Record Group — Box: 6
Identifier: H0061
Overview This interview was recorded as part of the About Us Voices of Southland collection. In this interview John discusses and describes his family history, life on the farm at Boggy Burn, his education- particularly at Central Southland College, sporting interests and interest in music. After talking with the careers advisor John decided on a career in Radio. He talks of his career, which started in Dunedin, his return to Invercargill, his views on Southland and life here and the Southland Music...
Dates: 2011

Northhope School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0343
Dates: Majority of material found within 1919 - 1930

Oreti Plains School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0349
Dates: Majority of material found within 1883 - 1992

Otahuti School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0350
Dates: Majority of material found within 1892 - 1961

Otapiri Lora Gorge Womens' Division of Federated Farmers

 Record Group
Identifier: A0091
Overview A collection of notebooks, account books, and correspondence for the years 1953 to 1986. Some stubs of cheque, deposit and receipt books are included with documents contained within envelopes. The receipt-book stubs (for subscriptions) are valuable in that names of members are recorded.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1953 - 1986

Otapiri School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0161
Overview Processing Note This collection has been partially arranged and described. A small amount of unprocessed material remains in Accession ICA01.004. Contact Archives staff for details.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 2001

PULLAR, Gordon Joseph interviewed by Margaret McDougall

 Record Group — Box: 2
Identifier: H0094
Overview Gordon looks at his family history, growing up in Kaiwera, his family home and daily life e.g. food clothing, games chores, religion and education through to secondary school. During the war he was involved with the Home Guard – First Aid Group and discusses the war and its affects. He goes on to the social life of the time, his meeting of and marriage to Margaret, the trials of building their first home, children and the gaining of a Nuffield Scholarship and what this meant.
Dates: 2011

Sandstone West School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0403
Dates: Majority of material found within 1928 - 1931